“While the debate about the nature and future of Bitcoin rages in the marketplace, sparked by recent volatility in its price, courts also cannot agree on the nature of Bitcoin and whether, legally speaking, it constitutes ‘money’,” writes Thomas J. McNamara, our Litigation Partner. His article, “Is Bitcoin Money,” originally appeared in the March 2, 2018 issue of The New York Law Journal. The article is reprinted here with permission in its entirety.